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Happy Jacks surf Forecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 25 Apr 2024 NZST
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Happy Jacks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Happy Jacks sea temperature is 17.5°C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 17.3 °C max: 18.4 °C min: 15.8 °C)
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Happy Jacks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Happy Jacks sea temperature is 17.5°C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 17.3 °C max: 18.4 °C min: 15.8 °C)


How big are the waves at Happy Jacks today?

The current surf forecast for Happy Jacks at 8AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (25 Apr)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (25 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

Table - waves today at Happy Jacks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. Excellent coditions most of the day with a touch of breeze early afternoon not quite spoiling it. Busy for a weekday because of school holidays. Sunny. Offshore early and late. Waves about head-high.

    Makorori Centre, 43 km away
  2. eyeball reporterMember Report Excellent coditions most of the day with a touch of a breeze early afternoon. Busy for a weekday because of school holidays. Sunny. Offshore early and late. Waves about head-high.

    Makorori Centre, 43 km away
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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
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Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
NE
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.2
NE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1013131716151414141313131312614131211101010111111101010111110101010101010131314131416141413888799910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)135170219546724644496394243176123838273136329461041101301272694263963082441982231811641221171151151201178713023236629349633826117118712712389197213277289271276282335342349
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
15
NW
20
W
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SE
10
NE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
0
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
1.54
7:02PM
1.62
7:17AM
1.58
7:43PM
1.66
8:01AM
1.59
8:24PM
1.68
8:47AM
1.58
9:06PM
1.67
9:33AM
1.55
9:51PM
1.65
10:20AM
1.53
10:41PM
1.62
11:08AM
1.51
11:36PM
1.61
11:59AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
0.43
12:47PM
0.43
1:09AM
0.42
1:28PM
0.43
1:54AM
0.41
2:09PM
0.41
2:41AM
0.38
2:52PM
0.39
3:28AM
0.35
3:38PM
0.36
4:17AM
0.31
4:27PM
0.33
5:06AM
0.26
5:19PM
0.28
5:57AM
0.22
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--6:46-------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-------6:52-
Sunset----5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:22-------5:20-------5:19-------5:17-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121213181916161617161719191814131211121415131312121113151514141313121415151414131414141516151515141414151515151515151515
Feels °C (?)10111116161212121212131617146545710121099101012121110101010101213111011111312121314121313131413141414131313111110

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